权威 quánwēi▶ quyền lực

Stroke order

权威 is written in 15 strokes across 2 characters.

• 权 — 6 strokes
• 威 — 9 strokes

Senses

1. authority
2. authoritative
3. power and prestige

Related words

• 主权chủ quyền
• 威信Quyền lực; thẩm quyền
• 威力quyền lực; năng lượng
• 威望uy tín
• 威风Uy tín
• 政权chế độ

权威 is pronounced quánwēi and means “quyền lực”. HSK 6 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 权威 and being able to use it, and cramming a list flatters the first while doing little for the second. LexiTrail shows you the word again at the point your recall of it is about to lapse.